We live in a digital age, in which we share a large part of our private lives with, sometimes, complete strangers. Violence on the Internet has become one of the main causes of mental, emotional and even psychological problems among young people. As part of the #YouthAgainstCyberbullying project, we have created an e-brochure where you […]
In the framework of the NetWorks project, the partners prepared a country report taking stock of the situation of WISEs in all the countries of the partnership, with a comparison with the European situation. In the report, you can find more about the national status for WISEs and legislations, financial support and incentives, and the […]
This study seeks to determine the extent to which out-of-court methods are used to resolve labour disputes and to identify the contribution of recent changes (2018) to the normative framework in the process of improving the mechanism of peaceful resolution of labour disputes. In addition, the study analyzes the attitudes of employees and employers on […]
IRIS Network regional online advocacy campaign Social Services for All is commencing, focusing on the promotion of needs of the social services beneficiaries and more inclusive policies, with the aim to influence, in our own capacity, migration-related policies in the WB countries. With the campaign itself, we wish to highlight the importance of social services provided by […]
Welcome to the Net-Works project first newsletter! What is the Net-Works project? It is a three years Erasmus + funded project which aims to establish new national or regional networks of work-based adult education providers, notably in Portugal, Hungary, Slovakia, Serbia, and North Macedonia, and to facilitate their involvement in European cooperation. Who are […]
In the period of 2019/2021, IRIS Network awarded 39 small grants to its members to improve their social service provision and enhance local initiatives for advocacy in the social sphere. Grants were distributed in amounts up to 8000 EUR in five countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Albania, Montenegro, and Serbia. In the publication Small […]
The study “Promoting a Just Transition in Europe and Worldwide: How Civil Society and Trade Unions are Driving the Change” stems from SOLIDAR’s growing interest in engaging with the topic of ensuring a socially Just Transition to climate neutrality. At the end of 2020, the SOLIDAR network developed a new multiannual strategy for the platform, one […]
In the Western Balkan and Visegrad regions, there is a huge number of social enterprises named differently, with different tendencies, shapes, and sizes; from small local cafes to wider national and regional foundations. Regardless of their concept, profit or non-profit associations, cooperatives, small or medium enterprises, a clear commonality is that they are founded by […]
When numbers become faces – publication within the project “Durable solutions for IDPs and returnees through partnership” Conflicts and the collapse of the economic system triggered the migration flows on the territory of Serbia at the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century. These events also caused some of the […]
Within the Erasmus+ project “The power of stories in ‘difficult’ topics – explaining inequalities and economy” participants of the training held in Wisla, Poland, developed the Toolkit. The toolkit is developed with an aim to equip youth workers with broader knowledge regarding Social Economy and possibilities it gives in terms of promoting tolerance and feeling […]